Meaning of koban | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An oval gold coin in the Edo period of feudal Japan.
2. A small community police office or a police box, especially one in Japan.

Equivalents

Examples

“Every landlord hath two koban paid him for dinner, and three for supper and lodgings at night.”

““Shall we say⟳ two koban for this evening—a measure⟳ of my desire to please⟳ a Lady of such merit?””

“It contained, as usual, nothing but an invitation to come⟳ to Edo to confer on matters respecting which it did not enter⟳ into any particulars, with an offer⟳ of three koban for the expenses of the journey.”

“Personnel of kobans change⟳ each shift; they report⟳ for duty at a police station and fan out to the kobans.”

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